Well, one small one: Indexed is a blog where artist Jessica Hagy takes index cards and draws funny Venn diagrams on them. It’s worth reading through; she’s very funny and her drawings pithily say a wealth of commentary that words alone can’t do nearly as well.

Just like most things in life, people see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe. Rationality is often created on the fly, and more often than not, some people use logical “reasoning” that would make a junior high school debate coach squirm.

I think the word ‘solipsism’ is perfect for those folks. A general definition is “extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one’s feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption” such that if they believe it is true, then it surely must be true.

In Indexed’s comments there is this link:http://www.knbc.com/news/17037773/detail.html
to a “Jesus in cat’s fur.” Personally I see a very vaguely humanoid head in profile, but if anything I see it wearing an eyepatch (along with a strap holding it in place). Aye! It’s more proof of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

This woman, Jessica Hagy, is so absolutely, incredibly intelligent! It looks so simple, but try to analyze it like she does so effortlessly! We need her to teach this clear, analytic thinking to high schoolers and all the way up to large corporations. My compliments to you Ms. Hagy!